Volemys millicens

(O. Thomas, 1911)

Sichuan Vole

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Euarchontoglires
Order : Rodentia
Suborder : Supramyomorpha
Infraorder : Myomorphi
Superfamily : Muroidea
Family : Cricetidae
Subfamily : Arvicolinae
Tribe : Microtini
Genus : Volemys

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Thomas, O. 1911-10-24. Mr. Oldfield Thomas, F.R.S., F.Z.8., read a paper on Mammals collected in the Provinces of Sze-chwan and Yunnan, W. China. Abstracts of the Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 100:48-50.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31571017

Original name as described

Microtus millicens

Other common names

Szechuan Vole

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1911.9.8.105

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/9499147a-15f9-4f9c-a59f-01d73aae9b31

Type locality

"Wei-choe, Si-ho R[iver Valley].," NW Sichuan, China.

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic

Country distribution

China

IUCN Red List status

Near Threatened

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002123

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Microtus millicens

(O. Thomas, 1911)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

millicens

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1911.9.8.105

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/9499147a-15f9-4f9c-a59f-01d73aae9b31

Authority page

49

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31571017

Authority publication

Abstracts of the Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:163) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:494) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Kryštufek & Shenbrot (2022:217) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59729)

Volemys millicens

Musser & Carleton, 2005

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

millicens

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  2. Smith & Xie (2008:239) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)
  3. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:322) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #23043) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #23043) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  6. Kryštufek & Shenbrot (2022:217) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59729)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002123) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  8. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/23043/22387707) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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